The Rise of the Empire

　　 In fact, as early as the early 1880s, in terms of fleet size, Germany had reached the world's fourth-largest tonnage level! Second only to Britain, France and Russia, and the ironclad tonnage is the third in the world, even stronger than Russia. As other countries exerted their power, the status of the German navy continued to decline. In 1885, the tonnage of the Italian armored ships surpassed that of Germany. In 1886, the total tonnage of the Italian naval fleet surpassed that of Germany. By 1892, the tonnage of Russian armored ships surpassed that of Germany. In terms of the combat effectiveness of iron armored ships, Germany was also stronger than Austria-Hungary among European powers. some! This is totally unbearable!

　　 In addition, with the launch of new warships by the great powers, the quality of Germany's existing fleet has rapidly shrunk, and many warships have reached the end of their service life, and these old things have even had many accidents. So even if Bismarck is still in power on this plane, he has decided to take care of the Imperial Navy! There shouldn't be any problem with the Federal Parliament. All states are waiting to get a share of this major construction. What if the imperial parliament fails? It doesn't matter, I don't know if it is disbanded, re-elect a parliament and pass it.

　　 However, there is a very serious problem now, and that is how the navy is built! The early development of the German Navy was very chaotic. The Germans needed a powerful coastal defense fleet for their own safety to ensure that the coastline was not violated. There were colonies overseas that needed to be protected. From time to time, they had confronted the American imperialism in Samoa. Or bully European natives or something. So he needed a cruiser formation, and the unlucky boy in Germany was later influenced by the French Green Water School and built a lot of torpedo boats!

　　 It can be said that the ecological structure of the German fleet is very chaotic. It is influenced by various ideologies, and there are too many things that are useless and not useful. Too little can be used now! Ironclad ships are backward, unable to match the new warships of various countries, and cruisers are broken. Let alone combat effectiveness, their attendance rates are all choking. The torpedo boat proved not as good as the French boasted. So now the question is, where is the German navy? It can’t be said that there is no road in the world, and it becomes a road if there are more people walking!

　　 Now the German navy is very entangled with high-level officials. Although it has decided to build it, the money that can be paid out is still relatively small. Even if William II came to power with the support of his majesty and Tirpitz's running back and forth, the budget of 4 Brandenburg-class battleships was difficult to pass. And now, the naval fanatic William has not yet come to power, subjectively the current Deutsche board of directors and chief executive officer have not so much determination, the funding will naturally be relatively small. On the other hand, the reinsurance treaty still exists. For the foreseeable future, the relationship between Germany and Russia will be good. The pressure on the navy's offshore defense is not great. Therefore, the four Brandenburg-class battleships in history will never appear now. If there is any money, let's not talk about it, at least there is no need!

Not only is Bismarck relatively layman in the navy, German naval generals are also relatively vague in terms of strategy, but they all have noticed a problem, that is, Germany's overseas interests need to be protected. The German cruiser fleet can be described as dilapidated, a pile of 2000 The wooden cruiser with a ton has already been overwhelmed. Up to now, Germany and the United States are still engaged in confrontation in Samoa, and they almost fought in the past few years. The colony of Nagada is also unstable. Sometimes it is necessary to communicate with the colonial fleet of certain countries.

　　 Therefore, the Prime Minister thinks that the cruiser fleet should be updated first. The Imperial Admiralty, which has just been groomed, has expressed support for the Prime Minister’s idea. On the one hand, the Germans’ overseas fleet needs have indeed overwhelmed the needs of local security. The Russians and the British are friends. Facing the French, the Germans use the army. The problem can be solved. Therefore, the choice of colony and ocean-going interests is correct. On the other hand, because the steel plate incident has just passed, the remaining leaders of the Admiralty are still silent. How can they have the courage to fight with Quan Qing's prime minister? Impatient to live?

　　 The tone of building the cruiser first is set, and then the following problems are even more troublesome! What kind of cruiser do you build? Is it a cruiser or a protective cruiser? Is it a first-class cruiser with a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons or a second-class cruiser with a displacement of about 4,000 tons? How to set the performance of the cruiser? What about firepower and defense? What is the speed? Well, these things really need to be handed over to the designer to implement, but you always have to set the tone? It's like going out to buy something, and you didn't say what to buy. How can the merchant introduce you to it?

　　The navy is still very confused with a lot of banknotes. The discussions were in full swing, but there was really no result in a short time. The folks are also very lively. Under the instigation of a certain historical celebrity, the atmosphere of the German Imperial Navy is much stronger. From the perspective of the traverser, it is even stronger than the naval enthusiasm of later generations. After all, there have been emperors in Germany in history. As for the aerial battleship, later generations have heard of the leaders of any country playing SPS...

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with the traveler. Our prince Ruprecht watched all of this with onlookers. After all, it is only 1889. There will be no war in the next 20 years. The ship you build now No matter how good it is, it will be useless by then. Moreover, the talents I want to find have not yet come, and there has just been a flurry of the design bureau. Why are you busy? Anyway, the new armored steel for German warships is provided by itself. First, build the factory and increase the production capacity. What else does it matter? Obviously not doing business properly.

　　 But, when one day, our prince picked up a newspaper and saw a battleship flying up, the feeling of slamming Fang Qiu in the forum and the post bar came again! For nothing else, this overhead design is pretty good! Although it is not up to the world's top level, it also represents the development direction of historical advanced productive forces! Nice guy, very optimistic about you!

　　 The newspaper introduced a protective cruiser with a lot of space! An author signed by the Black Hawk King described his envisioned warship this way. With a displacement of 4500 tons, the thickness of both sides of the dome is 100mm. The horizontal part is 50MM. And there is a certain defense against artillery, all artillery has 50mm to 100mm armor protection. Equipped with 8 150MM naval guns, of which the bow and stern are dual 150MM guns. The other four 150MM guns were placed on the four corners of the battleship. It is also equipped with 6 105MM naval guns and a large number of 50MM naval guns to deal with torpedo boats or other small targets, with a maximum output of 12,000 horsepower. The speed is above 20 knots.

"This ship is very good. UU reading www.uukanshu.com has the feeling of a second-class cruiser produced by the later Armstrong. If this ship is pulled out, the future Yoshino may not have been able to beat this cargo. If you want to stabilize it If it does, I’m afraid that the 4,900-ton buenosaires of Argentina will do it. At least the direction to be able to make this thing in this era is correct and it deserves encouragement!” The traveler nodded and expressed his appreciation!

　　 But there is a saying, if someone supports it, then someone must object. Someone's design was quickly criticized by a large number of people. They think that someone’s design is simply ignorance of the shipbuilding industry! And claimed that such a warship would not be sunk at all, because after launching, the cargo sank into the sea because of its own weight! The ridicule in the words makes the traveler feel very dissatisfied.

"This is a suppression of future designers. What can the conservative guys in Germany do? For example, the Caesar Queen Augusta, which started construction next year in history, has a displacement of 6,218 tons, and only 4 150 guns and 8 105 guns and 4 88 guns! Such a large tonnage with such a weak firepower does not make the powers laugh out big teeth? Yoshino said that they are not afraid of you. The American Olympic number teaches you how to be a man every minute! Say these designers It is not wrong to miss the country or the army at all!" Prince Ruprecht was very angry and said that he should help the designer!

　　 So, after experiencing the baptism of the Internet in the 21st century, and his Royal Highness, who thinks he is at least an expert in the field of oral ballistics, personally dictated an article, and then handed it to someone to polish it and send it to the newspaper! As a result, a war of mouths and guns quietly kicked off!

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